Quarter cloth with gilt lettering. 262 pp. Previous owner's name and "1994" to front paste-down beneath dust jacket flap.A clean, attractive copy. "A debut collection by an Englishman born and raised in India announces the presence of an authoritative voice, well in command of its subjects - essentially, the demimonde of Bombay of the 1940s and '50s." - PW

Literature, Short Stories, First Books, India, Bombay